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00:00Hi there, this is the th sound, as in the words this, that and other.

00:15The th sound is from the consonant pairs group and it is called the voiced dental fricative.

00:24This means that you create friction between the tongue and the top teeth.

00:29The th sound is made through the mouth and is voiced, which means that you vibrate your

00:35vocal cords to make the sound.

00:38It is defined by the position of your tongue and teeth and it is a fricative which means

00:44the sound is produced by high pressure air flow going between a narrow space in the mouth.

00:51In this case it is the space between the tip of the tongue and the top teeth.

00:58So to produce the sound you have to stick out your tongue a little.

01:02This can feel very unnatural for some people who are not used to it, but it is essential

01:07to produce the sound correctly.

01:10So rest your top teeth on your tongue and force air out between your tongue and your

01:18teeth whilst voicing out.

01:20The th sound is normally spelled with the letters

01:28th, as in the words the, mother, weather and either.

01:43Here are some more words that begin with the th sound.

01:48they, though, those, then

02:01Here are some words with the th sound in the middle.

02:06other, although, brother, southern

02:19Here are some words with the th sound at the end.

02:24with, smooth, booth

02:35So that's it for the th sound, but we have made additional videos on each of the groups

02:41of sounds. Vowels, Diphthongs, Single Consonants and Consonant Pairs, as well as a video explaining

02:49the phonetic chart. You can also click on any of the symbols behind me to see a similar

02:54video with lots of examples and an explanation of how to pronounce that sound.

03:06At the English Language Club we also offer live online classes via Skype or Google Hangouts.

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